Our vision is to insure a quality dining every time you eat with us. Osteria's purpose is to provide 'Culinary Contentment.' Whether you are choosing to enjoy an Osteria meal at home, your business via delivery, or in our dinning room, it is our pleasure to assist you...
247 Hamilton Ave (at Ramona) Palo Alto , CA 94301 United States
Credit Cards | Yes (incl. Discover & Visa) |
Outdoor Seating | No |
Menus | Lunch, Dinner |
Drinks | Wine, Cocktails |
Tasty as always. There are very few restaurants as consistent in quality (and good!) over multiple decades as Osteria. The hazelnut flan and zabaglione desserts are truly fantastic.
Try the Osso Bucco - Lovely lamb shank in tomato sauce with fresh pasta and peas . Yummy and more than enough to have lunch from the leftovers (via @Foodspotting)
Try the Linguine Vongole - Baby clams and Manila clams in a white wine butter garlic sauce . Also available with red sauce . (via @Foodspotting)
Carpaccio and carbonara are great, if ultimately heavy and kind of unhealthy. Gotta be in the mood. Seating is pretty tightly packed, so beware.
We were a party of two with no reservations on a Saturday night and I had to ask my friend to go in and get seated while I find parking . No problem getting seated.
A really cute Italian place . My favorite is their Spaghetti Carbonara . Also recommend their Tagliarini .
Try the Dow's Aged 10 Years Tawny Port - What's not to like about port ? (via @Foodspotting)
Try the Scallops Meuniere - Lovely seared scallops in a lemon butter sauce (via @Foodspotting)
Great food and service! Nice mix of elegance and hospitality .
Try the Vino Belnero Banfi - Great Tuscan IGT - yummy! (via @Foodspotting)
Outstanding Italiano and very nice staff . New favorite.
Great veal picatta- get it with creamed spinach as a side!
Love the minestrone soup . Out of the pasta dishes, Penne Fantasia and Pappardelle Osteria are good.
Try the Creme Caramelle - Yummy custard ! (via @Foodspotting)
The molten chocolate cake is pure lava, but delicious nonetheless
Yummy pasta ! The complimentary bread is fresh & divine. But our waiter was completely creepy and awkward.
So yummy you can't go wrong! I LOVE the buffalo di mozzarella !
Oh no guys, what happened? Tagliarini and pesto are lacking flavor. Gnocchi has lost its wonderful mouthwatering appeal. I'll give it one more chance, but this is not the Osteria I grew up with...
Food was just OK. Although the bread they served was delicious. Pasta I ordered (linguini vongole ) was rather bland. Dessert was good but nothing to rave about
Tastes like home made food. I'd rather stay home, cook and eat that! ????
The food is always amazing...delicious
Great service to match the food.
Food is amazing! Be sure to get a desert or two.
Ask for the special dishes. They are often good.
Get the hot chocolate cake with vanilla ice-cream. Wow.
The family and chef straight out of Italy. I love the Fettuccine Alfredo
Fabulous food... Everything tastes delicious
Calamari Steak Meunière ????
The dressing on the butter lettuce salad is delicious.
Service and the food
Spinach with meat sauce is really good side
Watch out for the cranky maitre d. If you're missing one person from your party of 8, they won't seat you.
Nice food, Reasonable price.
If they say it's 1 hr wait to get a table, pretend to leave to get one immediately
If you want a red sauce , Pappardelle is great. White sauce , try the Tortellini .
VERY cramped here and waiter service is not great :/
Veal Scallopine!
Authentic Italian .
Big downside is that no soda (e.g. Coke , 7up...) is served except sparkling water.
Disappointing - terribly overcooked pasta , grumpy host, hectic ambiance. Nice waiter , but that didn't really compensate for a plate of boiled mush.
Try Penne Arabiatta although not listed in the menu.
Yummy!
Come Visit Me At Work!!
Not impressed I'm afraid. Pasta ? and Strada much nicer.
Staff gets rude after 10pm weekdays as they want to close the place early but couldn't say it.
Tagliarini Verdi Con Gamberetti .
Don't forget about saturday brunch here. Excellent coffee and pastries. Small selection of entrees but they're all good. - Matt DeMers
Fantastic Italian restaurant next to Stanford Hospital. Kid friendly considering it’s somewhat upscale. Squid spaghetti with clams was solid and the pizza on point. Full bar with local beers on draft - Gnat Brain
Try the Swordfish Cous Cous Lunch Special - Excellent flavor balance with great texture! - Jeremy Johnstone
Delicious coffee, along with unusual and intriguing chocolates. Good arepas and other nice baked goods. - Monique Ziesenhenne
get Belgian beers and shepherd's pie! the deviled eggs are spicy! - atom
Wine. I highly recommend the Wine here. Bring your own funnel, and some anti-cougar spray! - Arian Evans